openSeaChest is a collection of comprehensive, easy-to-use command line diagnostic tools and programming libraries for storage devices that help you quickly determine the health and status of your storage product.
The collection includes several tests that show device information, properties and settings. It includes several tests which may modify the storage product such as power management features or firmware download. It includes various commands to examine the physical media on your storage device.
openSeaChest diagnostics are command line utilities which are available for expert users. These command line tools assume the user is knowledgeable about running software from the operating system command prompt.
There are almost 200 commands and sub-commands are available in the various openSeaChest utilities.
Website: github.com/Seagate/openSeaChest
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Developer: Seagate Technology
License: Mozilla Public License Version 2.0
openSeaChest is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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